The strong connection between the users can work to amplify emotions.

Surprisingly (to me, at least), markets have reacted stoically.

These emotions can at times be positive but can also be negative, inducing fear and hatred.

Examples of features of group emotions include the level of variability of emotions among members (i.e., affective diversity), the proportion of positive or negative emotions, and the modal (i.e., most common) emotion present in a group.

As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.